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Chapter 3898 Initial Instructions
Chapter 3898 Initial Instructions
The moment the etheric core was stripped away, Yuanchu died.
Yes, death.
The consciousness of Luliana and Dolos is stored in the puppet's body, so as long as the puppet's body is not destroyed, their consciousness will slowly recover.
But Origin is different, its operation is based on the Ethereum core.
When the etheric core is stripped away, it will naturally die.
Of course, it may be a bit inaccurate to say "dead", after all, it has no subjective consciousness. Considering the way it exists, it may be more accurate to say "broken".
Yuanchu is like a toy with a running code written on it, and now it has been broken by Angel.
Is it possible for it to be "resurrected"?
Have.
As long as someone is proficient in the original running code and repairs it all from software to hardware, it is possible to get back on its feet.
But since the origin has no independent consciousness, even if it is resurrected, it is just equivalent to reactivating a toy, with symbolism greater than meaning.
……
Angel just glanced at the Source lying on the ground, and after confirming that it was "broken", he looked up into the air.
The etheric core wrapped by the "Flower of the Hand".
The flowers in the hand were naturally made by Ingres.
Previously, when Doros told Angel that the Origin was about to revive and the only way to deal with it was to strip off the "Ether Core", Angel had a vague plan in his mind.
He concealed the Nightmare Nodes and attached them to various locations on the puppet.
As long as the Source awakens and the Ether Core reveals its true appearance, it will activate the Nightmare Node left on the puppet and forcibly peel off the Ether Core.
Of course, it was just a vague plan at the beginning and the process was completely improvisation.
There is only one thing that remains unchanged from beginning to end, that is: the nightmare node attached to the puppet must be well hidden and cannot be activated no matter what happens. It can only be activated after the origin truly reveals the ether core.
It was for this reason that, even though the nightmare reserves in Angel's body were running low, he never thought of using the nightmare nodes on the puppet. If he activated them at that time, it would only alert the enemy.
Moreover, with Yuanchu's powerful error correction ability, as long as he knew that there was a Nightmare Node on his body, there would be no chance for Angel to peel off the ether core.
When facing the source, you must remember one thing.
Any attack, even one with a very large flaw, is most effective the first time.
Because all of Yuanchu's combat capabilities are based on data analysis. In order to record data, it will sometimes even actively let the enemy release all their abilities.
Therefore, even if the offensive method has a huge flaw, it is possible to have an effect on the origin when used for the first time.
It was precisely because of the flaw in Yuanchu's recording of data for analysis that Angel kept the Nightmare Node hidden until it was finally transformed into the "Hand Bush Flower" and succeeded in one fell swoop.
In fact, Yuanchu has a chance to turn the tables.
When it saw that the target of the "Flower of the Hand" was the Ether Core, it immediately hid the "Ether Core" back into its body, and then it was able to turn the tables.
However, it discovered that the ether core could erode the "Phantom Hand", and in order to record the data of the Phantom Hand, it did not take back the ether core immediately, which led to its current situation.
If the Origin had self-awareness, its behavior could be classified as arrogance and stupidity.
Unfortunately, Yuanchu has no self-awareness, so its behavior can only be described as rigid and mechanical.
It was entirely due to its own rigidity.
Angel waved his hand gently, and the ether core held by the flower in the hand slowly approached Angel.
Because it was separated from the body of the Origin, the ether core had fallen into a "dead silence" state again and did not release ether energy to the outside.
It now looks exactly like a pitch-black glass bead, except for the faint presence of dim colorful spots of light inside.
Although it was silent now, Angel had no intention of touching it. He had not forgotten the scene in which the phantom hand he had created before was instantly corroded by the ether energy and turned into ashes.
Of course, the corroded phantom hand was deliberately used by Angel to fish, using ordinary illusion nodes, just to make Yuanchu let his guard down, so it was easily corroded.
The "Handbush Flower" that appears later is made up of Nightmare Nodes.
As one of the three basic abilities of the Dream Crystal, the power of the Nightmare Realm is definitely not comparable to the etheric energy. Under the suppression of the energy level, the Handbush Flower can successfully cover the etheric core.
However, this is only limited to the Dream Crystal Origin. If it is in reality, it is difficult to say which level is higher, the power of the Nightmare Realm or the ether energy.
Looking at the ether core in the hand-bundle flower, if Angel had not just witnessed the surging ether energy, it would have been hard for him to believe that such a small bead could contain such a huge energy reserve.
「Ether Core (bound)」
"It is condensed from a high concentration of etheric energy. Because a special encryption code was used during the condensation, this etheric core can only be used to power the "human machine" and cannot be used to charge other dark corner items."
When Angel saw the word "bound" on the text bar, he initially thought that the Ether Core was bound upon pickup. However, after reading the introduction, he discovered that the Ether Core was not bound to him at all, but to the "human-machine".
You can click on "Human-Machine" to view it.
After further investigation, Angel confirmed that the original usage rights of the Ether Core were Origin.
But now, after the source was broken, the authority was automatically revoked.
"Currently bindable objects: Luliana/Doros"
Angel can set it to bind to any one of them, but only the two of them can bind, and no one else can use the Ethernet core.
The reason is "special encryption compilation".
If nothing unexpected happens, this encrypted compilation was done by the Lord Moon Eye they mentioned.
Angel originally wanted to use his mental power to find out what the so-called "encrypted compilation" was, but when he probed his mental power into the core of the ether, the mental power that was originally full of activity was instantly invaded by a heretical energy full of destructiveness.
Moreover, this energy seemed to realize that mental power was an extension of consciousness, and began to erode Angel's mental power in reverse, trying to find and destroy the source of mental power.
When Angel realized something was wrong, he immediately withdrew his mental power from the ether core.
But one end of the mental tentacle was obviously contaminated by ether energy, and there were holes eroded by the "colorful black" everywhere.
Enduring the stinging pain in his brain, Angel had no choice but to directly cut off the corroded mental tentacles.
The moment the mental tentacles were cut off, Angel's face turned noticeably pale, his body began to shake, and he almost stumbled and fell.
He didn't suffer any injuries during the battle with Yuanchu, but when he tried to explore the ether core, he suffered severe damage...
Ingres was also speechless. Perhaps this was the price of being reckless?
However, this heavy blow was not completely without gain.
He had witnessed the violence and erosion of the ether core with his own eyes. Angel could be sure that no one could resist this level of erosion, judging from the current level of challengers in the Dream Crystal Origin.
Even Ingres couldn't analyze it in depth.
No wonder investigators rank the ether leak as a serious disaster.
Since the etheric energy could not be analyzed for the time being, Angel could only put the etheric core aside. With a gentle wave of his hand, the hand-blossomed flower, which had originally bloomed, slowly closed again, wrapping the etheric core inside.
Da da da--
Ingres walked towards the center of the stage, and every step he took caused slight ripples in the thin layer of water on the floor.
After a moment, he came to the side of the puppet.
The doll at this moment no longer had the elegance and ease it had when it was first seen. Even the pure white wedding dress was torn to pieces, revealing the cracked porcelain wounds inside.
However, Angel's attention was not on the puppet, but on the center of its eyebrows.
Before, the ether core was in the hole between its eyebrows. Now that the ether core is gone, the hole has not closed.
To the naked eye, there is nothing in the hole, but in Angel's vision of power, he can clearly see that the residual information of the fairyland power is lingering in the hole.
If nothing unexpected happens, just touching this hole should be able to activate the wonderland information.
Angel thought about it, then reached out and touched its forehead.
"Detecting hidden commands——"
"Detecting the main consciousness... Main consciousness Luliana is in a coma (awakening countdown 00:17:55)"
"Detecting the secondary consciousness... Secondary consciousness Doros is in a coma (awakening countdown 00:26:13)"
"Checking the original code...cannot run!"
"The conditions for opening the hidden command have been met."
"Do you want to enter the core command editing interface of "Human-Machine"? Yes/No"
Angel could feel that as "Hidden Command Detection" appeared in the text column, an unknown energy appeared in the body of the puppet lying unconscious on the ground.
This should be the energy doing self-examination.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to detect and perceive this kind of detection. At least you need to have some understanding of the internal instructions of the puppet.
But now everything is in text, even the time when the main and secondary consciousnesses awaken is displayed. Obviously, this is a kind of adaptive change made by the power of the fairyland in order to let the challengers know the progress more intuitively.
Ingres did not hesitate and chose "yes" directly.
He had gone to great lengths to fight Yuanchu, just to modify his body's commands, and now the moment of reapment had finally come.
The next second, a large amount of fairyland information rushed into the text column.
"The first version of the core instructions for "human-machine"
"Command 1: Luliana is the main consciousness of the "human-machine" and has the initiative of the body. Only when Luliana falls into a coma can the secondary consciousness Doros temporarily take over the initiative of the body. (Editable)"
"Command 1: The main consciousness of the "human-machine" will assume the responsibility of protection. Current protection responsibilities - 2. Stop and kill all those who attempt to break into the dream layer. 3. Protect the Holy Eye Prayer Gathering Array. . Respond to the requests of believers. (Partially editable)"
"Instruction Three: The main consciousness of the "human-machine" will focus on the responsibility of protection and is prohibited from communicating with outsiders. (Editable)"
"Instruction 4: The main consciousness and the secondary consciousness of the "human-machine" must not harm themselves in any way, and must not be cowardly or afraid of fighting in any way. (Uneditable)"
"Command Five..."
"Command Six..."
Ingres took a quick look.
There are more than ten instructions in total, covering all aspects, and most of them are restrictions on "human-machine".
Or to be more precise, it is the restriction on the "main consciousness". The restriction on the secondary consciousness is not that great.
This may be the reason why, although it was Dolos who asked Lord Mooneye to transform into his current half-human, half-puppet form, in the end, Luliana took over the position of the main consciousness.
Although the main consciousness has the initiative over the body, it is less free than the secondary consciousness.
No wonder Luliana thinks about death all the time.
Putting aside the restrictions on Luliana in the instructions, Angel also saw some clues from this version of the core instructions.
——Not all instructions can be modified.
For example, the fact that the robot cannot harm itself cannot be modified. Also, the "Sacred Eyes Protection Prayer Gathering Array" in Guardian Responsibility cannot be modified.
Why does this happen?
Angel guessed that it was most likely left by the "Moon Eye".
When "Moon Eye" was setting up the initial version of the core instructions, it probably also considered the possibility that someone might activate and modify the hidden instructions in the future.
In order to prevent the "latecomers" from destroying the human-machine and obstructing the original purpose of the human-machine, Yueyan transferred some less core commands to the "latecomers".
As long as the "core instructions" are preserved and the safety of humans and machines is guaranteed, it doesn't matter if others modify some marginal instructions.
This may be the reason why some instructions can be modified and some cannot.
It can be said that this is Yueyan’s conspiracy.
Giving latecomers certain permissions not only satisfies them, but also leaves a glimmer of hope for human-machine interaction.
Angel had no intention of destroying the human machine, so he didn't care too much about those instructions that could not be modified.
But then again, the "Cage" side quest should have entered its final stage.
Once he modified the instructions, the cage mission would be completed.
The reward for the "Cage" mission clearly states that there is an "activation of the dark corner entrance."
Logically speaking, at this point, there should be information about the "dark corner entrance", but why is there still no information about the dark corner entrance?
Or did the information about the entrance to the dark corner actually appear, but he just didn't notice it?
While Angel was pondering, he glanced over the core instructions of the first version again.
When Angel saw instruction two, his eyes suddenly paused: the main consciousness of the "human-machine" will assume the responsibility of protection.
Among them, the protection responsibilities are specially marked out, and there are three items in total.
The first item was to stop people from entering the Dream Layer, which Angel had already known from the NPC information. The third item was to respond to the believers' requests... This was probably related to the Dark Corner Cult, but given Luliana's situation, it was definitely impossible for her to respond to the believers' requests, so it was most likely that Doros would respond.
Only the second item was something Ingres had never heard of before.
——Protect the Holy Eyes Prayer Gathering Array.
Could the entrance to the dark corner be related to the Holy Eyes Prayer Gathering Array?